Senior Electrical Engineer

Your Job
Georgia-Pacific is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Containerboard mill in Cedar Springs, Georgia.

The Electrical Engineer is responsible for planning, directing, and guiding the plans and processes for electrical infrastructure.

They will develop and carry out objectives, solve problems, and be able to respond to short-term as well as long term department and mill goals.

The candidate will lead and support preventative maintenance programs, electrical upgrade projects, RCFA's (Root Cause Failure Analysis) and provide technical support for troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies.

The Electrical Engineer will provide leadership through the application of Koch's Principle Based Management® (PBM®) philosophy to achieve superior results.

Our Team

The Cedar Springs facility is one of the largest containerboard facilities in the country with three paper machines that make different weights of brown paper & containerboard paper.

The Cedar Springs Mill, located in the southwest corner of Georgia is approximately 28 miles from Dothan, Alabama.

Dothan is the 6th largest city in the state of Alabama with a population of about 70,000.

From Dothan, you are only 90 miles from the beautiful Gulf Coast.

You can easily drive to 3 capital cities in 3 1/2 hours or less.

You are just 1.5 hours from Tallahassee, FL and Montgomery, AL.

Additionally, Dothan has several parks, restaurants, and local entertainment activities.

To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's packaging business please visit: www.gppackaging.com and view the video How Paper Is Made !

What You Will Do


* Be a safety steward to prioritize employee and contractor health and safety


* Ensure the reliability and availability of electrical equipment throughout the facility through effective PM and PDM strategies to prevent and resolve equipment failures


* Establish effective relationships with mill personnel, contractors and corporate SMEs to improve electrical reliability throughout the facility


* Subject Matter Expert (SME) for motor reliability and Drive Systems including MCC's, troubleshooting, required preventive maintenance and spare parts


* Assist in identifying relevant standards and providing training for the organization; GP ESWP, NFPA, OSHA


* Assist with maintaining electrical power system modeling and records


* Design and implement long-term continuous improvement projects and systems to enhance electrical reliability


* Responsible for establishing and administering maintenance and capital work for electrical system improvements


* Participate in weekend call support on a rotating basis

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution


* Hands on field experience with engineering documents associated with electrical systems


* Experience with maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing 2300V and 480V VFD's...